A Night With NPR’s Planet Money
  • Politics and Society

A Night With NPR’s Planet Money

The team behind the award-winning podcast on the economic forces that shape your life
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm CTAthenaeum Center for Thought & Culture

Event Information

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  • Open Captions

About the Event:

Author and longtime Planet Money contributor Alex Mayyasi and Wailin Wong, co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money, join us with brand new stories gathered from more than a decade of reporting, all drawn from the latest ideas in economics. Bringing Planet Money’s signature brand of storytelling to the stage, they’ll discuss unlikely origin stories, reveal truths about human behavior, and provide insightful suggestions for navigating chaotic times. They’ll be joined by special guest Adriana Robertson, finance expert and UChicago Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law.

Receive a tour-exclusive Planet Money tote with the purchase of your ticket!


A book signing will follow this event.

  • Chicago Humanities is pleased to partner with Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores, the country’s first not-for-profit bookstore. 
  • Tickets include a copy of Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life, which you pick up at the event by showing the book voucher in your receipt. Student, teacher, and Humanist Circle member tickets do not include a book, but anyone can add a book to their cart when selecting their tickets.
  • If you are purchasing multiple tickets for patrons in the same household, call the box office at (312) 661-1239 for additional information about book bundle exemptions.
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Alex Mayyasi

Alex Mayyasi

Alex Mayyasi is a longtime contributor to Planet Money whose writing has been published in The Atlantic...

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Wailin Wong

Wailin Wong

Wailin Wong is a long-time business and economics journalist who's reported from a Chilean mountaintop, an embal...

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Adriana Robertson

Adriana Robertson

Adriana Robertson is the Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Her re...

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